NEWS Father, daughter team-up to fly American Airlines jet
It was Co-pilot Jen Byrne’s 1st anniversary with AA and she gets to fly with her father, Scott Byrne, an AA Captain. Link
NEWS Aer Lingus, Jet2 and Wizz Air face court threat over their customer services – @BBCNews
Three european airlines are facing legal action over complains about how they are handling passengers hit by flight disruptions. The Civil Aviation Authority said Ireland’s Aer Lingus, Britain’s Jet2 and Hungary’s Wizz Air have failed to change their consumer policies in line with its requestions. The chief executive of the CAA, Andrew Haines said passengers…
NEWS Pegasus Airlines launches route to Oslo
Turkey’s low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines is launching its latest route from Istanbul-Oslo on 14 May.
NEWS Emirates opens lounge at LA Airport
Emirates has opened its 37th dedicated lounge for First Class and Business Class customers as well as Platinum and Gold members of Emirates Skywards, the airline’s frequent flyer program, at Los Angeles International Airport.
NEWS Incident: Aeromexico B787 near Santa Maria on Mar 19th 2015, electrical failure
An Aeromexico Boeing 787-800, registration N964AM performing flight AM-2 from Madrid,SP (Spain) to Mexico City (Mexico), was enroute near the Azores Islands (Portugal) when the crew decided to divert to Santa Maria (Portugal) due to an electrical failure. The aircraft landed safely in Santa Maria. Link
NEWS Dutch investigation concludes MH17 downed by Buk missile from Russian battery
Investigators from the Office of the National Prosecutor (OM) of the Netherlands have completed the first phase of their work in definitely determining the cause of the mid-aid explosion and crash of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17). Preliminary information leaked to the Dutch media has concluded that a Russian unit is responsible for the shootdown.…
NEWS PDX carpet named Grand Marshal of Starlight Parade
The Portland Rose Festival Foundation announced that the PDX carpet is the new Grand Marshal of the 2015 Starlight Parade. With the PDX carpet’s rise to fame, parade organizers said it was only fitting the carpet should ride front and center at the parade. The Grand Marshal’s nickname is Petey. It will be accompanied along…
NEWS Airbus expects unions to target A320 FAL in Alabama
Airbus already has developed a strategy to counter an internally expected move by labour unions to organize the A320 final assembly line that opens later this year in Alabama. “I don’t think there’s any question that organised labour will want to try to approach our employees there,” Alan McArtor, chairman and chief executive of the…
NEWS Stabbing at New Orleans airport
A security incident occurred at Louis Armstrong International Airport on Friday night, closing down Lousiana’s largest airport. Link